Horsham (UK Parliament constituency)
Horsham | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Horsham in West Sussex | |
![]() Location of West Sussex within England | |
County | West Sussex |
Electorate | 77,001 (December 2010)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of Parliament | Jeremy Quin (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
1945–1974 | |
Seats | One |
Type of constituency | County constituency |
Created from | Horsham and Worthing |
Replaced by | Horsham and Crawley |
1885–1918 | |
Seats | One |
Type of constituency | County constituency |
Created from | Horsham, Midhurst and West Sussex |
Replaced by | Horsham and Worthing |
1295–1885 | |
Seats | Two until 1832, then one until 1885 |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Replaced by | Horsham |
Horsham is /ˈhɔːrʃəm/ a constituency[n 1] centred on the historic satellite town to London, its rural district and part of another rural district in West Sussex represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament[n 2] between 1997 and 2015 by Francis Maude, and since 2015 by Jeremy Quin, both of the Conservative Party.
Boundaries and profile
1885-1918: The Sessional Divisions of Horsham, Midhurst, and Petworth, and the civil parish of Crawley.
1945-1950: The Urban Districts of Horsham, Shoreham-by-Sea, and Southwick, and the Rural Districts of Chanctonbury (the civil parishes of Amberley, Ashington, Ashurst, Bramber, Coldwaltham, Henfield, Parham, Pulborough, Shermanbury, Steyning, Storrington, Sullington, Thakenham, Upper Beeding, Washington, West Chiltington, Wiston, and Woodmancote) and Horsham (the civil parishes of Billingshurst, Cowfold, Crawley, Horsham Rural, Itchingfield, Lower Beeding, Nuthurst, Rudgwick, Rusper, Shipley, Slinfold, Warnham, and West Grinstead).
1950-1974: The Urban District of Horsham, and the Rural Districts of Horsham, Midhurst (the civil parishes of Bepton, Chithurst, Cocking, Easebourne, East Lavington, Elsted, Fernhurst, Graffham, Harting, Heyshott, Iping, Linch, Linchmere, Lodsworth, Lurgashall, Midhurst, North Ambersham, Rogate, South Ambersham, Stedham, Terwick, Tillington, Treyford, Trotton, West Lavington, and Woolbeding), and Petworth (the civil parishes of Barlavington, Bignor, Burton, Bury, Duncton, Fittleworth, Kirdford, Loxwood, North Chapel, Petworth, Plaistow, Stopham, Sutton, and Wisborough Green).
1983-1997: The District of Horsham (the wards of Bramber and Upper Beeding, Billingshurst, Broadbridge Heath, Chanctonbury, Cowfold, Denne, Forest, Henfield, Holbrook, Itchingfield and Shipley, Nuthurst, Pulborough, Riverside, Roffey North, Rudgwick, Rusper, Slinfold, Southwater, Steyning, Storrington, Sullington, Trafalgar, Warnham, West Chiltington, and West Grinstead).
1997-2010: The District of Horsham wards of Billingshurst, Broadbridge Heath, Cowfold, Denne, Forest, Holbrook, Itchingfield and Shipley, Nuthurst, Riverside, Roffey North, Rudgwick, Rusper, Slinfold, Southwater, Trafalgar, and Warnham, the District of Mid Sussex wards of Balcombe, Copthorne and Worth, Crawley Down, Slaugham, and Turners Hill, and the District of Chichester wards of Plaistow and Wisborough Green.
2010-present: The District of Horsham wards of Billingshurst and Shipley, Broadbridge Heath, Denne, Forest, Holbrook East, Holbrook West, Horsham Park, Itchingfield, Slinfold and Warnham, Nuthurst, Roffey North, Roffey South, Rudgwick, Rusper and Colgate, Southwater, and Trafalgar, and the District of Mid Sussex wards of Ardingly and Balcombe, Copthorne and Worth, and Crawley Down and Turners Hill.
The constituency is located in a northern part of West Sussex, bordering the constituencies of Arundel and South Downs, Mid Sussex. It is centred slightly east of the town of Horsham and is rectangular with the exception of a noticeable gap formed by the smaller constituency of Crawley.
The constituency (including its brief larger versions under other names) has been represented by members of the Conservative Party since 1880, making it the longest held Conservative seat and not normally with marginal majorities making it a safe seat, though just outside the top twenty Conservative seats sorted by majority.[2]
History
Horsham has existed as a constituency for three distinct periods. It first sent members to Parliament in 1295. However, the constituency was abolished in 1918 to make way for Horsham and Worthing. In 1945 the constituency was recreated, until 1974 when Horsham and Crawley was created. In 1983 the constituency of Horsham was again created and has existed since.
Members of Parliament
MPs before 1660
MPs 1660–1832
Year | First member[8] | First Party | Second member[8] | Second Party | ||
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1660 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Thomas Middleton | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Hall Ravenscroft | ||
1661 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir John Covert, Bt | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Henry Chowne | ||
1669 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Orlando Bridgeman | ||||
1679 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Anthony Eversfield | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Michell | ||
1681 | rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Machel | ||||
1685 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Anthony Eversfield | ||||
1690 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Thomas White | ||||
1695 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Henry Yates | ||||
January 1701 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Henry Cowper | ||||
November 1701 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Wicker | ||||
1702 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Henry Cowper | ||||
1705 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Charles Eversfield | ||||
1707 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Henry Goring | ||||
1708 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Wicker | ||||
1710 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Middleton | ||||
1713 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Charles Eversfield | ||||
January 1715 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Henry Goring, Bt | ||||
June 1715 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Hon. Arthur Ingram | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Arthur Ingram | ||
1721 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Charles Eversfield | ||||
1722 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Hon. Henry Ingram | ||||
1737 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Hon. Charles Ingram | ||||
1741 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Richard Mill, Bt | ||||
1747 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Charles Ingram | ||||
1748 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Lionel Pilkington, Bt | ||||
1763 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Robert Pratt | ||||
1768 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | James Grenville | ||||
1770 | rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | James Wallace | ||||
1774 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Jeremiah Dyson | ||||
1776 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | The Earl of Drogheda | ||||
September 1780 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Viscount Lewisham | ||||
November 1780 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir George Osborn, Bt | ||||
1783 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | James Crauford | ||||
1784 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Jeremiah Crutchley | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Philip Metcalfe | ||
1790 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Timothy Shelley | Whig | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Wilson Braddyll | |
1792 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Lord William Gordon | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | James Baillie | ||
1793 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | William Fullarton | ||||
1796 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir John MacPherson | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | James Fox-Lane | ||
1802 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Edward Hilliard | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Patrick Ross | ||
1804 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Viscount FitzHarris | ||||
1806 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Francis John Wilder | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Love Jones-Parry | ||
1807 | style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" | | Sir Samuel Romilly | Whig | |||
1808 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Joseph Marryat | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Henry Goulburn | ||
1812 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Arthur Leary Piggott | rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" | | Robert Hurst | Whig | |
1818 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | George Phillips | ||||
1820 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir John Aubrey, Bt | ||||
1826 | style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" | | Henry Fox | Whig | |||
1827 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Nicholas Ridley-Colborne | ||||
1829 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | The Earl of Arundel |
- Representation reduced to one (1832)
MPs 1832-1945
MPs 1945-1974
Election | Member[8] | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1945 | The Earl Winterton | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1951 | Frederick Gough | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1964 | Peter Hordern | Conservative |
Feb 1974 | constituency abolished: see Horsham and Crawley |
MPs since 1983
Election | Member[8] | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1983 | Sir Peter Hordern | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1997 | Francis Maude | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 2015 | Jeremy Quin | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jeremy Quin[11] | 32,627 | 57.3 | +4.6 | |
UKIP | Roger Arthur[12][13] | 7,969 | 14.0 | +8.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Morwen Millson | 6,647 | 11.7 | −20.5 | |
Labour | Martyn Davis[14] | 6,499 | 11.4 | +3.9 | |
Green | Darrin Green[15] | 2,198 | 3.9 | +2.8 | |
Something New | James Smith[16] | 375 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Peace | Jim Duggan[17] | 307 | 0.5 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Jim Rae[18] | 303 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 24,658 | 43.3 | |||
Turnout | 56,925 | 72.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Francis Maude | 29,447 | 52.7 | +2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Godfrey Newman | 17,987 | 32.2 | +5.4 | |
Labour | Andrew Skudder | 4,189 | 7.5 | −9.6 | |
UKIP | Harry Aldridge | 2,839 | 5.1 | +0.4 | |
Green | Nick Fitter | 570 | 1.0 | ||
Christian | Steve Lyon | 469 | 0.8 | ||
Peace | Jim Duggan | 253 | 0.5 | ||
Independent | Derek Kissach | 87 | 0.2 | ||
Majority | 11,460 | 20.5 | |||
Turnout | 55,841 | 72.12 | +3.97 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Francis Maude | 27,240 | 50.0 | −1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rosie Sharpley | 14,613 | 26.8 | +2.2 | |
Labour | Rehman Chishti | 9,320 | 17.1 | −3.1 | |
UKIP | Hugo Miller | 2,552 | 4.7 | +1.8 | |
Independent | Jim Duggan | 416 | 0.8 | 0.0 | |
People of Horsham First Party | Martin Jeremiah | 354 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,627 | 23.2 | |||
Turnout | 54,495 | 68.15 | 3.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Francis Maude | 26,134 | 51.5 | +0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Hubert Carr | 12,468 | 24.6 | −0.2 | |
Labour | Janet Sully | 10,267 | 20.2 | +1.5 | |
UKIP | Hugo Miller | 1,472 | 2.9 | +1.5 | |
Independent | Jim Duggan | 429 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,666 | 26.9 | |||
Turnout | 50,770 | 63.8 | −11.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.5 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Francis Maude | 29,015 | 50.7 | −11.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Morwen Millson | 14,153 | 24.8 | +2.0 | |
Labour | Maureen Walsh | 10,691 | 18.7 | +6.8 | |
Referendum | Robin Grant | 2,281 | 4.0 | N/A | |
UKIP | Hugo Miller | 819 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Independent | Malcolm Courbould | 206 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 14,862 | 25.9 | |||
Turnout | 57,165 | 75.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -6.8 |
This constituency underwent boundary changes between the 1992 and 1997 general elections and thus change in share of vote is based on a notional calculation.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Hordern | 42,210 | 61.7 | −2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Julie Stainton | 17,138 | 25.0 | −0.4 | |
Labour | SPP Unwins | 6,745 | 9.9 | +1.2 | |
Liberal | JA Elliot | 1,281 | 1.9 | N/A | |
Green | TJ King | 692 | 1.0 | −1.2 | |
Independent | JJ Duggan | 332 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 25,072 | 36.7 | −1.6 | ||
Turnout | 68,398 | 81.3 | +8.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.8 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Hordern | 39,775 | 63.7 | +0.5 | |
Alliance (SDP) | J Pearce | 15,868 | 25.4 | −1.5 | |
Labour | Michael Shrimpton | 5,435 | 8.7 | +0.4 | |
Green | TE Metheringham | 1,383 | 2.2 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 23,907 | 38.3 | |||
Turnout | 62,461 | 72.5 | −2.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Hordern | 37,897 | 63.2 | ||
Alliance (SDP) | G C Archibald | 16,112 | 26.9 | ||
Labour | Geoffrey Ward | 4,999 | 8.3 | ||
Ecology | PH Spurrier | 925 | 1.6 | ||
Majority | 21,785 | 36.3 | |||
Turnout | 59,933 | 74.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections 1945-70
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Hordern | 41,994 | 53.65 | ||
Labour | AJ Edwards | 27,706 | 35.40 | ||
Liberal | H Gill | 8,574 | 10.95 | ||
Majority | 14,288 | 18.25 | |||
Turnout | 73.99 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Hordern | 32,139 | 45.80 | ||
Labour | JM Bowyer | 26,098 | 37.19 | ||
Liberal | OGN Burne | 11,930 | 17.00 | ||
Majority | 6,041 | 8.61 | |||
Turnout | 78.95 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Hordern | 32,318 | 47.39 | ||
Labour | AE Pegler | 22,450 | 32.92 | ||
Liberal | OGN Burne | 12,570 | 18.43 | ||
Christian Progressive | J Lee | 865 | 1.27 | ||
Majority | 9,868 | 14.47 | |||
Turnout | 79.48 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Frederick Gough | 37,275 | 60.82 | ||
Labour | AE Pegler | 24,012 | 39.18 | ||
Majority | 13,263 | 21.64 | |||
Turnout | 79.99 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frederick Gough | 28,598 | 62.60 | ||
Labour | WA Baker | 17,088 | 37.40 | ||
Majority | 11,510 | 25.19 | |||
Turnout | 76.43 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frederick Gough | 25,204 | 66.31 | ||
Labour | Russell Whiston Kerr | 12,803 | 33.69 | ||
Majority | 12,401 | 32.63 | |||
Turnout | 77.71 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | The Earl Winterton | 21,627 | 56.36 | ||
Labour | HR Nicholls | 11,204 | 29.20 | ||
Liberal | Ella Margaret Marchant | 5,539 | 14.44 | ||
Majority | 10,423 | 27.16 | |||
Turnout | 79.78 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | The Earl Winterton | 21,814 | 54.96 | ||
Labour | Augustus Frederick Herbert Lindner | 11,664 | 29.38 | ||
Liberal | Charles Arthur Wellesley Williamson | 6,216 | 15.66 | ||
Majority | 10,150 | 25.57 | |||
Turnout | 68.40 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- References
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Constituency Profile from Electoral Calculus - an opinion poll modelled analysis of seats
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
- ^ Carter, P. R. N. "Wingfield, Anthony". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29733. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. .
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
- ^ a b c d e Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)
- ^ a b After the 1868 election, petitions were lodged against both candidates and Aldridge chose not to defend his claim so Hurst was declared elected in 1869
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Jeremy Quin has won the selection in Horsham". Retrieved 12 March 2015.
- ^ http://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/news/local/roger-arthur-why-i-quit-top-tory-post-to-join-ukip-1-4969793
- ^ http://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/news/local/ukip-challenger-to-horsham-mp-francis-maude-launches-election-campaign-1-6405262
- ^ "Labour picks Horsham candidate for General Election". West Sussex County Times. Retrieved 2015-02-08.
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- Election result, 2005 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)
- Election results, 1983 - 1992 (Election Demon)
- Election results, 1992 - 2010 (Guardian)
- Parliamentary constituencies in South East England
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1295
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1918
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1945
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1974
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1983